Differential Diagnosis of an Unusual Pelvic Mass in a Renal Transplant Recipient: Multidrug-Resistant Abdominopelvic Tuberculosis
Articles > Article · 2011
Authors: Erhan Tatar, Ozkan Gungor, Özgür FIRAT, Fatih Kircelli, Bilgin ARDA, Mustafa HARMAN, Huseyin Toz, Cuneyt Hoscoskun
Renal Failure, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2011, vol 33, pp 1040-1042
DOI: 10.3109/0886022x.2011.618921
Summary
Renal transplant patients are more prone to tuberculosis infection due to the underlying intense immunosuppression, with an incidence 20-74 times higher than that in the general population. It is associated with graft dysfunction and increased mortality rates. It can be frequently pulmonary but extra-pulmonary involvement is not rare, and in the latter case, it may be misinterpreted as genital malignancies. In this case report, we discuss a renal transplant patient with pelvic pain and fever, who was later diagnosed as having abdominopelvic tuberculosis.